Mambra Mamer C controlled the game in Mersch and beat Black Star Mersch C 68-47 in M-Division 4 championship round play. The visitors move to 1st place, gaining two spots with a 2-0 record, while Black Star Mersch C is 3rd at 1-1, also up two places in the new table.
The game already tilted in the first quarter. After an early basket from Yannick Beckers (BSMC), Mamer answered through Cédric Bellot (MAMC) and Charles Kremer (MAMC). Bellot was the main offensive force from the start and scored 12 points in the opening period alone, helping Mamer to a 19-12 lead.
The second quarter was the decisive stretch. Black Star managed only 4 points in the period, while Mamer kept building the gap. Tom Kayser (MAMC) and Ignas Simkus (MAMC) added important scores, and the visitors closed the half on an 8-0 run to reach 32-16.
Mersch tried to respond after the break, with Beckers, Daniel Göhlhausen (BSMC) and Luis Henrique Duarte Almeida Evora (BSMC) finding points, but Mamer had another answer. Bellot scored 6 points in a row in the third quarter, Joshua Takom (17, MAMC) gave strong support, and Mamer entered the last period ahead 54-30. Early in the fourth, Bellot hit back-to-back baskets for the game's highest lead at 58-32, a 26-point margin.
Bellot, the 40-year-old French scorer, finished with 24 points. Kremer added 14, Kayser 8 and Takom 8, with Simkus contributing 6. For coach Lisa Hilges' team, Beckers led with 13 points, captain Göhlhausen scored 10, Duarte Almeida Evora added 8, and Jo Philipps (BSMC) had 6. The 35-year-old Greek Promitheas Peridis (BSMC) brought 4 points off the bench.
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